If we are to escape this futile desire for the easier answer we must consider the Biblical model of God’s loving grace to His people. God’s blessings were not always easy to bear, were not always easy to see. The truth is the lives of God’s people leave us with complex questions to which there […]
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The Myth of Simplicity (Part 2)
The myth of simplicity suggests that there should be simple answers, but there are no simple answers. Any wise person will confess that they have come by their wisdom—the hard way. Simple answers are rarely worthy of trust but quickly spoil and rot. Life is lived in a fallen world among fallen people. We valiantly […]
A Pillow For Our Head
You do not trust God until you have something for which to trust God, until there is a need you cannot meet, or strength you cannot muster. You do not really trust God until your great store of courage and larger supply of valor prove altogether insufficient and inadequate for the trial.